By News Source Guyana on February 12, 2021
News, Politics
Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh unveiled the government’s $383.1 Billion budget that is heavily focused on education along with infrastructure and other development initiatives. On the Education front, a total of $60.7 Billion has been allocated to that sector with just over $5 billion of that amount going towards the construction and rehabilitation of schools. […]
By News Source Guyana on February 12, 2021
News
A 19-year-old woman from Providence on the East Bank of Demerara appeared in Court earlier today and admitted to making a false rape allegation against her ex-boyfriend and attempting to extort $10 Million from him. The young woman, Princess Williams, was immediately remanded to jail after her guilty plea. The Magistrate has asked that a […]
By News Source Guyana on February 12, 2021
News, Politics
Having received a total of $7 Billion last year in the national budget and the supplementary budget, the Guyana Sugar Corporation is set to receive another $2 billion in this year’s budget. Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh announced this afternoon that the state-owned sugar company will continue to undergo a restructuring and revitalization plan. The […]
By News Source Guyana on February 12, 2021
News, Politics
Declaring that 2021 will not be an easy year for Guyana due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Senior Minister with responsibility for Finance Dr. Ashni Singh, presented a grim picture of the performance in 2020 for the non-oil sectors of the Guyanese economy. Overall economic growth was pegged at 43.5% but most of that growth was […]
By News Source Guyana on February 12, 2021
News, Politics
The Public Works Ministry is assuring passengers of Eastern Airlines who are affected by the airline’s sudden suspension of service to Guyana that it will tap into a bond that the airline lodged with the government, if it fails to repay them for their tickets. Eastern Airlines announced earlier this week that it has decided […]
By News Source Guyana on February 12, 2021
Crime, News
A Georgetown businessman and a Berbice taxi driver have been remanded to jail on cocaine trafficking charges. The two were held two days ago by agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit following the cocaine discovery in the taxi driver’s car. Appearing in Court today, 47-year-old taxi driver Cordell Moore of New Amsterdam, Berbice, and […]
By News Source Guyana on February 11, 2021
News
An afternoon outing to the town of Linden by a young couple turned into tragedy this afternoon with the drowning of a 25-year-old Cummings Lodge man. A police report indicated that the young man, Kemo Lindo and his girlfriend visited the Blue Lake in Richmond Hill, Linden at around 12:30 this afternoon. During a swim, […]
By News Source Guyana on February 11, 2021
News, Politics
Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Godfrey Bess revealed today that the military is currently looking at several proposals to ensure that suitable vessels are sourced to adequately dominate Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Brigadier Bess made the statement this morning as he addressed the opening of the GDF Officers Conference. His statement […]
By News Source Guyana on February 11, 2021
News, Politics
The APNU+AFC Opposition did not wait around in the National Assembly for the President’s speech today. Instead, the Opposition MPs were joined by a small group of supporters on the outside to picket the President. As the President made his way into the Arthur Chung Convention Center, some of the opposition members who were leaving […]
By News Source Guyana on February 11, 2021
News, Politics
With Opposition Members staying away from his inaugural speech to the Parliament, President Irfaan Ali this afternoon called on all Guyanese to stand as one to defend the country’s sovereignty. The President noted the recent arrest and detention of Guyanese fishermen by Venezuela while they were operating in Guyana’s waters. He reminded that the threat […]